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HILLARY RODRIGUES is a Religious Studies professor at the Uni-
versity of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. He specializes in the
study of Eastern religions and philosophies. As a young man, read-
ing a few books by Krishnamurti heightened his drive for trans-
formative realization, which he passionately pursued during many
years of low-budget travel around the world. He later taught at a
Krishnamurti school in Canada, and when returning to univer-
sity for higher studies, closely examined Krishnamurti’s teachings
on insight. He has authored several books, including Introduction
to the Study of Religion, Introducing Hinduism, and Krishnamurti’s
Insight: An Examination of His Teachings on the Nature of Mind and
Religion. He has been honoured with the University of Lethbridge’s
Distinguished Teaching Medal.

JAVIER GÓMEZ RODRÍGUEZ was born in 1958 in the seaside county
of Rianxo, in Galicia, the Celtic north-western region of Spain. At
the age of fourteen he came across a book by Krishnamurti and was
instantly struck by its ring of truth. In 1975 he joined Brockwood
Park School as a student, where he stayed until 1978. He then took
a BA degree in humanities from St John’s College in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, USA, and later an MA degree in Spanish language and lit-
erature from the University of Texas A & M, where he also taught
briefly as a lecturer. In 1990 he returned to Brockwood as a teacher
and worked there for two years. During this period, he had the occa-
sion to meet David Bohm, whose dialogical approach to K’s teach-
ings made quite an impact on him. After a spell as a resident scholar
at the KFI headquarters in Chennai he returned to Spain and worked
for the FKL (Fundación Krishnamurti Latinoamericana), translat-
ing several K books into Spanish and eventually becoming a trustee
of this foundation. During this period, he joined KLI (Krishnamurti
Link International) and has been one of the editors of its magazine
‘The Link’. He also initiated a K-inspired Bohm dialogue group that

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